Bananas, the GATT, the WTO and US and EU domestic Politics

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This paper revisits the celebrated conflict that lasted close to two decades and pitted the EU against the US and against MFN suppliers of bananas. It starts by recalling the major turning points in the dispute and argues that the EU-US conflict could largely be explained by the changing landscape on trade-policy making on both sides of the Atlantic. As to the EU-MFN grower dispute, it can be largely explained by uncertainty on the distribution of quota rents and on the reluctance to use economic analysis in the panel decisions. Econometric and simulation estimates are given in support of this argument.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: FERDI Working Paper ; No. p54

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Neoclassical Models of Trade ; Economic Integration
• Subject: preferences ; Tariff-rate quotas ; bananas ; political economy

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): de Melo, Jaime
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI)
• (where): Clermont-Ferrand
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/269335
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET